chickenligaya

Birthplace

Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines

Biography

With multiple roots in Visayan islands, Ligaya Villablanca is a media practitioner, a descendant of a pre-colonial buang, and a believer of regional cinema. As an alumna of BFA Cinema from University of San Carlos, they were an officer of CINEMATA for three consecutive years; Founded the regional film initiative, Moving Eyelands PH; and was a participant of Cinema Without Borders Southeast Asia Workshop, DAKILA Heroes Hub 2023, and QCinema Critics Lab 2024. They have served as Jury in multiple film festivals since 2021 and have received the Alexis Tioseco and Nika Bohinc Award from QCinema International Film Festival 2024. Their directorial works are all manifestations of their inter-island wandering mind that explores the themes of ethnolinguistic identity and collective grief in their own humorous flavor. Currently based in Quezon City pursuing UPD’s MS Media Arts (Film) and daydreaming about Shrek.